timpeallach

Irish

Etymology

From timpeall (“round, circuit; roundabout; surrounding, encircling position; circumference, girth”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

timpeallach (genitive singular masculine timpeallaigh, genitive singular feminine timpeallaí, plural timpeallacha, comparative timpeallaí)

1. roundabout, circuitous
2. ambient, surrounding
3. large of girth

Declension

Declension of timpeallach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	timpeallach	thimpeallach	timpeallacha; thimpeallacha²
Vocative	thimpeallaigh		timpeallacha
Genitive		timpeallaí	timpeallacha	timpeallach
Dative	timpeallach; thimpeallach¹	thimpeallach; thimpeallaigh (archaic)	timpeallacha; thimpeallacha²
Comparative	níos timpeallaí
Superlative	is timpeallaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• timpeallacht f (“surroundings, environment, milieu; entourage”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
timpeallach	thimpeallach	dtimpeallach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “timpeallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “timpeallach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “timpeallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024